Fence-post.



J. W. BEST.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, 1915.

Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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JAMES W. BEST, OF HES'EEIELD, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-P031 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application riled August 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James Ff. Bnsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at est-- field, in th county of Clark and State of lllinois, have invented c rtain new and use- Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Serial llo. 475800.

illustrated as it is obvious that this form may is changed, but preferably these openmes are elliptical or elon 'ated apertures.

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he ecgeot the strip oeyond the post is formed as illustrated at the lower end of a ful lmprovei'nents in Fence-Posts. of which Fig. 2 with an inwardly extending slot in the following is a specification, reference betersecting' a vertical slotv 6. This vertical ing had to the accompanying crawings. slot (3 adjacent its lower end is intersected h'iy invention relates to fence posts, and a fence wire seat 7. The fence wires 8 are particularly to means for supporting fence disposed within the seats 7 as illustrated in wires thereon. Fig. 2. and held from outward movement in object of the invention is the provision through the entrance slots 5 by the construcof means for supporting and locking the tion shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In Figs. 2 and fence wire to fence posts, which means 3 elliptical locking membersE) are used which should be very simple and shall positively are forced transversely through the slots 6. hold the wires in place. 7 In the upper part of Fig. 3 this elliptical A further object of my invention is the member 9 is shown as tapering from one end provision of a reinforcing member particuto the other so that it may be readily inlarly adapted to reinforcing concrete posts serted in the slot 5 and driven home. Now

or posts of like material, which reinforcif it is desired. to operatively lock this elliptiing member is so formed as to orovide for cal locking member in place, the small end supporting the wires against the face of the of the locking member is expanded as shown post and locking these wires in place. in the lower end of Fig. 3 so that the lock- A further object of my invention is to so ing member cannot be withdrawn unless this construct this reinforcing and wire sup locking member be compressed: The locking porting member that it shall be interlocked with the concrete of the post so that it cannot get out of place.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. wherein:

Figure l is a face view of a'post construted in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section of the upp 3 portion of the post shown in Fig. 1, showing my reinforcing plate in elevation; Fin. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

As illustrated in the drawings, 2 designates a concrete post or a post made of other like material in which there is embedded a reinforcing member designated generally 3. This reinforcing member consists of a strip of metal or other suitable material having a thickness in practice of about one-third of member when inserted in these slots 6' extends across the wires 8 and prevents these wires from leaving the seats-7 and being pulled out through the entrance slots 5.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to the use of a plate 8 embedded in the fence post, as thisplate 3 might be formed integral with the fence post if the latter were formed of metal. Neither do I wish to limit myself to the exact details of construction illustrated as these details might be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention. If the member 8 is formed intea'ral with the fence post, as by casting, as above described. this plate 3 will have the form of a web projecting from the face of the post. I have. therefore, used this term web in certain of the claims hereinafter presented as a term including not only a web or plate embedded in a post of different material but also as including such a web projecting outward from the face of the post and cast with the body of the p st.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a concrete post. of a web embedded within the post, said web projecting beyond the face of the post and this projecting margin of the web being formed with a plurality of inwardly extending slots, a plurality of Vertical slots each intersected by the inwardly extending slots and a plurality of wire seats each intersecting the rear wall of one of the yertical slots below the inwardly extending slot, and con- 5 tinuous loops formed of a bendable strand of material, whereby a portion of said loops may be expanded, adapt-ed to be inserted through the vertical slots and acting to lock the 1 nce mile within each of the seats.

10 The combination with a concrete post,

projecting margin of the web being i i nrality of inwardly extenda. plurality of vertical slots each in the inwardly extending slots Copies of this patent be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the JAMES VJ.

YFitne'sses Ina BAKER, CHARLES; L. GOBLE.

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